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cousinly

cousinly adjective: characteristic of, or suitable to, a cousin.

Adjective

cousinly (comparative more cousinly, superlative most cousinly)

  1. Characteristic of, or suitable to, a cousin
    • "Katie," he broke out, "if you have any cousinly love in your heart, and know anything about Walt Whitman, tell me something, so I can go back and spring it on Helen."1911, Susan Glaspell, The Visioning
    Antonyms:
    uncousinly

Antonyms of cousinly

Forms of cousinly

comparativemore cousinly
superlativemost cousinly

Origin of cousinly

From cousin + -ly.

Words formed from cousinly

Questions about cousinly

What does cousinly mean?
Cousinly means characteristic of, or suitable to, a cousin.
What part of speech is cousinly?
Cousinly is an adjective.

Words near cousinly in the dictionary

  1. cousinhood
  2. cousinhoods
  3. cousining
  4. cousinless
  5. cousinliness
  6. cousinly
  7. Cousino
  8. Cousinos
  9. cousinries
  10. cousinry
  11. cousins

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